1. "Swampland"
The film tells the story of Spain in the early 1980s, when a remote town in the marshlands of the Guadalquivir Basin was murdered by an extremely cruel teenage girl. Detective Padro from Madrid and partner Juan were ordered to investigate the matter. However, the murder was not as simple as the feudal and conservative local residents thought, and the two gradually discovered that it was a serial disappearance of a young girl, and they were likely to face not just a cruel murderer, but an organization. The case becomes even more elusive as the victim's mother provides key clues, and during the investigation, Padro discovers Juan's unknown past, even more disturbing is the corruption of society, and the poverty and indifference of the people of the town, both of whom face great challenges.
2. "The Mystery of the Female Corpse"
The film tells the story of a middle-aged man running in panic in the jungle late at night in Spain, and finally being seriously injured by a speeding car on the road. The initial investigation by the police revealed that this person was a morgue guard, and he must have seen some horrific scene before the accident. After further investigation, it was found that a body had been lost in the morgue that night. The body, Named Macca Villafed, was a strong businesswoman who died of a heart attack shortly after returning from Los Angeles that afternoon by plane. The police contactEd Maca's husband, Alex, who is accompanying her lover at this time. His indifference in talking about his wife has to call into question their relationship. Along with the strange and murderous atmosphere, the truth gradually surfaced...
3. "Paper Bird"
Set in Spain in the 1930s, "Paper Birds" tells the story of society in chaos after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, and the comedians Jorge and Enrique adopt the orphan Miguel, and they follow the troupe around, witnessing the tragedies of various wars, and what makes them even more uncomfortable is that they are subjected to surveillance and suspicion everywhere... Although the film does not positively depict the life-and-death battle on the battlefield, the three protagonists are wandering around and encountering the omnipresence of the war, like a ghostly appearance, such as the scene where Jorge visits Miguel's mother in the hospital, and the actress who plays the mother has a line and an almost numb expression in a wordless protest against the pain of the war; and the three protagonists in the film are mainly engaged in comedy performances, which also strengthens the indictment of the war. In the last segment, the elderly Miguel returns to sing in a Spanish theater, and the time and space of the past are intertwined into the current lens, which makes people sigh.
4. "The Tongue of a Butterfly"
The film tells that in the Spanish summer of 1936, the 8-year-old Mo Cao urinated on the first day of class, which made the whole class laugh, and only the teacher comforted and solved the problem, and the little Mo Cao could be relieved. Friendship also begins on this day. The two of them went to the outside of the effect to catch butterflies and insects, and talked about literature and nature in the daylight, and they were very happy. No matter how strong the daylight is, it cannot stop the haze of politics - the Spanish Civil War, the teacher's political opinions and achievements, instantly became the target of public criticism...
5. "Blow up the bank manager"
The film tells the story of Carlos, who works as a general manager at a bank branch and recently gets into an affair with his wife, Marta. One sunny day, he sent his two children, Marcos and Sarah to school, but something happened that changed his life's destiny. Inexplicably, a cell phone appeared on the brand-new car, and a strange man called, claiming that Carlos had a bomb in his car. Just at this moment, a mysterious man dressed in black followed. Is this a prank, or is it a real kidnapping for blackmail? What happened, and what was the fate of carlos' family? This Spanish film will present you with a thrill of a hundred minutes...
6. The Ghost of the Hive
The film tells that in 1940, a projection car drove into a village in the Castilian plateau, and the children immediately surrounded it. The movie screened was Frankenstein, with the girl Anna and her little sister Isabel in the seat. Outside the screening room, my father, obsessed with his new hive, pulled out his pocket watch and ended his job today. The mother is writing a letter, although the possibility of the other party receiving it is slim, and the mother pours out her thoughts on the letter paper and delivers the letter at the train station. Anna can't forget Frankenstein for a long time, and Isabelle fictionalizes to her that an isolated brick house on the wasteland is where strangers haunt. Anna panicked and fled, but from time to time returned to the brick house to check. Isabelle seemed to have a secret, she pretended to be dead, jumped over the fire, and so on. Soon a wounded soldier hid in a brick house and was found by Anna, who was shot and killed that night. The father came to the village office to take the soldier's belongings, including a pocket watch. Anna ran out of the village alone, and at night she met Frankenstein by the lake...